Ease of Access Center - Add or Remove from Logon Screen

How to Add or Remove "Ease of Access Center" from Windows 7 Log On Screen​

   Information

On the log in screen at the bottom left there is a button called the Ease of Access button, if you do not want this button just follow this tutorial.

   Warning

If you do not follow this tutorial exactly you will most likely have to do a system restore!!!

OPTION ONE

Remove Ease of Access button

1. Take ownership of the file c:/windows/system32/authui.dll

2. Open the file c:/windows/system32/authui.dll in Resource Hacker.

3. In Resource Hacker go to the location: UIFILE/12400/1033:

4. Copy all of the code from UIFILE/12400/1033 into a blank text file:

5. Find the following line in your code:

<if id = "atom(Accessibility)">



6. Delete it and everything after it until:
NOTE: Make sure not to leave a blank line where you deleted the code.

<if id = "atom(ToggleTabletKeyboard)">

7. Copy the code from the text document back to Resource Hacker and make sure there is a blank line of code at the very bottom of the code. Then select Compile Script.

8. Repeat steps 5-8 above for location UIFILE/12401/1033 and UIFILE/12402/1033.

   Warning

DO NOT JUST COPY AND PASTE THE SAME CODE INTO ALL THREE!!

9. Save the file as authui - new.dll onto your desktop.

10. Copy the file authui - new.dll to c:/windows/system32

11. Start the program Task Manager, and Notepad

12. Using Task Manager end the process explorer.exe:

13. Using notepad go to file/open:

14. Browse to c:/windows/system32/ make sure to have All Files selected:

15. Rename the file authui.dll to authui - backup.dll

16. Rename the file authui - new.dll to authui.dll

17. Push the keys: Ctrl+Alt+Del

18. Select Log off

19. Select Log on

20. Done

OPTION TWO

Restore Ease of Access button

1. Start the program Task Manager, and Notepad

2. Using Task Manager end the process explorer.exe:

3. Using notepad go to file/open:

4. Browse to c:/windows/system32/ make sure to have All Files selected:

5. Rename the file authui.dll to authui - new.dll

6. Rename the file authui - backup.dll to authui.dll

7. Push the keys: Ctrl+Alt+Del

8. Select Log off

9. Select Log on

10. Done

OPTION THREE

Manual System Restore

1. Turn on or restart the computer.

2. Press and tap the F8 key about every second until you see the screenshot below.

   Note

If the Windows startup logo appears, you will need to repeat steps 1 and 2 again.

3. Select the option: Repair Your Computer then press Enter.


4. Select your keyboard language preferences and click on Next:


5. Select your user name and type in the password, and then click on OK.

6. Select Command Prompt:

7. Type the first of the following commands in command prompt, followed by pushing the Enter key. Then repeat for the next command.
c:

cd windows
cd system32
del authui.dll
ren "authui - backup.dll" authui.dll



8. Close command prompt, then click on the Restart button.

9. Windows should now be reverted back.

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[thomasblake222]

Hello Thomas,

If the authui - backup.dll backup of the authui.dll in step 15 of OPTION ONE was done after the customizations, then you could just need to rename it like in that step to restore it.

Hi Brink,

but I did my customizations after I did this. Any way to restore it? A code or something??

 

[Brink]

Thomas,



Here's a copy of a default authui.dll file in a ZIP file below. If you like you can open it and your custom one side by side in Resource Hacker, then compare it with what was deleted in steps 5-8 in Option One of the tutorial to see if you may be able to manually add the deleted stuff to your custom one.

Be sure to create another backup of your custom one in case you make a mistake and need to restore it.

 

[thomasblake222]

Thanks Brink!

Compared and changed - now have ease of access center and customizations!

Thanks

 

[Brink]

You're most welcome Thomas.

 

[bw00ds]

Good idea, but 20 steps may cause some noob to brick their system. Is it possible to make a .bat file or reg hack to do this? Just curious.

Yes! For those of you who do not wish to risk bricking their system, there is a utility that turns the Ease of Access button off so if someone clicks on it, it says "Ease of Access has been disabled by the Administrator." No hacking involved. Download, install, and run. Done. Click on this link:

How To Easily Disable Ease Of Access Button In Windows 7 Logon Screen

It worked for me. Painless. Worry-free.

 

[eidson7786]

I fail and got black screen many time..

but finally!It works!!!This tutorial is awesome,thx alot.


I find the reason that why I got the blank screen.

the reason is I delete this line "<if id = "atom(ToggleTabletKeyboard)">" and leave a black line.

So we need to delete is
<if id = "atom(Accessibility)">
<button
width = "38rp"
height = "28rp"
padding="rect(0,0,0,0)"
content = "resbmp(12213,2,-1,0,0,0,1)"
accname="resstr(12122)"
accdesc="resstr(12122)"
borderthickness = "rect(4rp, 2rp, 4rp, 2rp)"
background = "resbmp(12263,7,-1,0,0,1,1)"
bordercolor="gray"
borderstyle="raised"
/>
<if keyfocused = "true">
<button
borderthickness = "rect(4rp, 2rp, 4rp, 2rp)"
background = "resbmp(12259,7,-1,0,0,1,1)"
bordercolor="windowtext"
borderstyle="solid"
/>
</if>
<if mousefocused = "true">
<button
borderthickness = "rect(4rp, 2rp, 4rp, 2rp)"
background = "resbmp(12260,7,-1,0,0,1,1)"
bordercolor="windowtext"
borderstyle="solid"
/>
</if>
<if keyfocused = "true" mousefocused = "true" pressed = "false">
<button
borderthickness = "rect(4rp, 2rp, 4rp, 2rp)"
background = "resbmp(12261,7,-1,0,0,1,1)"
bordercolor="windowtext"
borderstyle="solid"
/>
</if>
<if pressed = "true">
<button
borderthickness = "rect(4rp, 2rp, 4rp, 2rp)"
background = "resbmp(12262,7,-1,0,0,1,1)"
bordercolor="windowtext"
borderstyle="sunken"
/>
</if>
</if>
Don't leave a black line & Don't delete this line <if id = "atom(ToggleTabletKeyboard)">

very helpful tutorial,thx a lot^^

 

[Bos187]

Very helpful tutorial, followed it and it works like a charm.

except for one thing:
Pressing "Win+U" still opens ease of access.
I expected this tutorial to also take care of that. Any help on that one?

Thanks

Don't delete this line <if id = "atom(ToggleTabletKeyboard)">

Reading this saved me from disaster in the nick of time, thank you too!

 

[wtg83]

kookster, great post. worked like a charm. i don't know what it was about that stupid button, but boy did it annoy the hell out of me. thanks!

 

[Windows Boy]

Can't you just change the dimensions of the button to 0x0 pixels?

 

[SnakeFist]

You can do everything listed on the very first post but here is an easier method instead of deleting stuff from that file.
Follow the guide above till you get to step 4 what i'm posting will replace steps 5 thru 8.

1. In your hack editor of choice (I'm using resource hacker) click on edit then find in the find box type this in atom(Accessibility) and click find.

2. On the same line where you found atom(Accessibility) you should see in part of that line tooltip="true".
Change true to false.

3. On the same line you will see layoutpos="left" change left to none.

4. Do the same thing for the other 2 locations UIFile 12401 1033 and UIFile 12402 1033.

Compile the script and then follow step 9 and onward in the above guide.